Former Florida Rep. Allen West is questioning the recent focus on the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls, suggesting it is intended to distract from Benghazi and other issues facing the administration.

“Consider all the scandals facing the Obama administration, especially Benghazi and the Select Committee, which Rep. Nancy Pelosi referred to as a ‘political stunt,’” West wrote in a blog post published to his website Monday. “Really? Four Americans die, we’re told it was because of an anti-Islam video, no one has been ‘brought to justice’ and THAT is a phony scandal and a political stunt?”

“I find it interesting that everyone (including the First Lady) is now all up in arms about Boko Haram … this isn’t breaking news,” West wrote.

West’s comments follow remarks about the issue by many on the right, including conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, who expressed skepticism about the effectiveness of the #BringBackOurGirls hashtag campaign, which took off last week as news of the nearly 300 kidnapped girls in a remote northeast region of Nigeria entered the national spotlight.

“[What] better time than right now, to create the straw man of Boko Haram, another distraction for which no real action will take place,” West wrote.